Drive-anchor.



J. O. HAASE.

DRIVE ANCHOR.

APPLICATION 1mm) MAR. 27, 1908.

904, 198. Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

WITNESSES:

I v I I ATTONEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT @lill "iii,

JOSEPH C. HAASE, OF RAY TOWNSHIP, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA.

DRIVE-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed. March 27, 1908. Serial No. 423,535.

' chors that are adapted to be driven into the ground or earth and tohave cables or chains connected thereto-for staying or supporting polesor posts, especially telephone posts or telegraph posts that may be setin leaning positions along crooked or curved roadways, the inventionhaving reference particularly to drive anchors that are adapted to besecured firmly in the ground after having been driven to the desiredpositions.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved anchor for theabovementioned and other purposes that may be manufactured at arelatively small cost and be highly efficient, durable and economical inuse.

With the above mentioned and other objects in view the invention consistin a builtup drive anchor of improved construction, comprising a novelform of drive-head, a plural-piece shank of novel form connected to thedrive-head and adapted to form outspreading arms in the ground, and adrivebar whereby the drive-head and shank may be forced into the ground;and the invention consists in the novel parts and combination andarrangements of parts, as hereinafter particularly described and definedin the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective viewshowing a telephone line and the improved anchor in operative positionand connected by a stay-wire that is connected to one of the telephonepoles; Fig. 2, a fragmentary side elevation of the drive-bar; Fig. 3, afragmentary side elevation of either one of the parts of the pluralshank; Fig. l, a longitudinal ceptral sectional View of the improvedanchor with the drive-bar connected thereto as when made ready fordriving into the ground; Fig. 5, a longitudinal central sectional viewof the'anchor without the drive-bar as when completed with a driving capthereon which to be removed before connecting an object to the anchor;Fig. (3, a longitudinal central sectional View of the drivc hcad; l ig.7, a longitudinal central sectional view of the drive-head on a plane atright angles to the plane of the section in the preceding figure,

head.

,Similur reference cl'iaracters in the dill'cn ent figures of thedrawings designate corresponding elcments or features of construction.

The improved anchor comprises a drive head having a body portion It thatis ol long and has a tapering point 71 on one end. thereof, the oppositeend having a socket opening 0 therein, the bottom of the socket openinghaving a seat (Z with walls 0 and 0 tion has a plurality of channels asf and f" in the walls thereof that extend from the socket-openingdownward and outward to the surface of the body portion, the inner Wallsy and of the channels being preferably curved from the top of the wallsand e to the outer side of the body portion. The anchor furtherCOlnpl'lStS a shank having a plurality of parts as /1 and h preferablycomposed of flat bars of any desired or suitable lengths, in the upperend portions of which are bolt-holes 2' to receive a bolt or pin tle j,the opposite ends having curved extremities 7-: and respectively thatcorrespond to the channels f and. f in curvature or contour when theparts of the shank are in the socket-opening c and against the sides ahead Z on one end thereof andshoulders m ends of the parts It and 71. ofthe shank, there being a bolt-hole n in the drive-bar to receive thebolt j, the other end of thc drivebar being adapted to enter bctween thewalls 0 and e and engage the seat d.in the drivehcad when the drive-baris p aced between the parts 71.- and It of the shank, the shank partsand the drive-bar being connected together by the bolt j so that thedrive-bar tern porarily serves as apart of the shank of the anchor, butis removable from theother parts of the shank, as will further appear Adriving-cap 0 of suitable length is provided that is adapted to extendas far as may be desired over the outer ends of the parts It andh of theshank when the drive-bar is 1 removed therefrom, the cap preferablyhavand Fig. 8, a perspective view of the driveat opposite sides of theseat. The body por-' I thereof. A drive-bar Z is provided that has underthe head adapted to engage the outer channels as f and plying force tothe driving-head l the point i so that the cap may.

.and the drive-bar Z withdrawn from its poby the bolt 7' to the parts asshank, after which the shank may be forced may ing a bolt-hole, ptherein to receive the bolt l be attached temporarily to the parts Itand h of the shank while the parts are being driven. Blows may be struckon the cap 0 by means of a sledge or maul which will result in drivingthe parts 71. and 1 1. downward through the socket-opening c so that theextremities 7c and 71: will be forced outward from the channels 7" andf, and arms q and 9 will be formed of the lower porl tions of the shankparts h and 71. for effectua'lly anchoring or securing the shank in thel gro'hnd. After having secured the shank the cap 0 may be disconnectedtherefrom, and a wire or-oable 0" may be inserted in the holes 2' of theshank parts and secured therein suitably and connected also to-a pole sset in the ground t, or to any other object that it may be desired tosuppo 't laterally. It will be understood that the drive-head may haveany desired or suitable number of f and the shank may comrise anysuitable number of parts to be projected through the channels.

In practical use the devices are to be ar- 1,

.i'anged as shown, in Fig. 4, and then by apmay be forced into theground. until the drive-head enters sufficiently far to be in firmearth, after which the bolt 7' may be removed sition, and then the cap 0may be connected h and h of the downward until the arms 9 and g havebeen formed of suitable length to rovide substantial anchorage. Then thecap 0 and bolt be disconnected from the shank, after which the wire orcable 7* may be connected to the shank.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is-

1. A drive-anchor including a drive-head having a socket-opening thereinand achannel extending from the opening through the wall thereof, ashank part extending into the socket-opening and having an end portionthereof extending into thechannel, and is. drive-bar extending into thesocket-openhaving a socket=opening tion thereof extending into thechannel, the

ing adjacent to the shank part and removab y, connected therewith. I

2. A drive-anchor-ineluding a drive-head, thereln and a chan nelextending from the opening throughthe wall thereof, a shank partextending into the socket-opening and having an end porand a securingdrive-head comprising a body in one end thereof and shank part having anaperture in another portion thereof, 'a drive-bar extending into thesocket-opening adjacent to the shank part and having an aperture thereinregistering withthe aperture of the shank part, device in the aperturesof the shank part and drive-bar and connecting the shank part and thedrive-bar together detachably and thereby locking the shank part in thedrive-head.

3. In a drive-anchor, thecombination of body portion havend thereof andthereof, the body a drive-head comprising" a ing a socket-opening in onea point on the opposite end of the socketopening and walls at oppositesides of the seat, the body portion having also a plurality of channe stherein extending from the socket opening at the outer sides of saidwalls to the surface of the body portion, with a shank having aplurality of parts insertible into the socket-opening and into thechannels, and a drive-bar to engage said seat removably.

a. In a drive anchor, the combination of a portion having asocket-opening a point on the opposite end thereof, the body portionhaving a plurality of-channels therein extending from the socketbpeningto the surface of the body portion; a shank having a plurality of partsall extending into the socket-opening and separately into the. channels;and a driving-device seated against the outer end of the shank andconnected with the plurality of parts thereof, said device being seatedalso against the body portion .of said drive-head.

5. In a drive anchor, the combination of drive-head coinprisinga body Iing a socket-opening portion havin one end thereof and a point on theopposite end thereof, the body portion havin a plurality of channelstherein extending irom the socket-opening to the surface of the bodyportion; a shank having a plurality of parts all extending into thesocket-openin and separately into the channels; anda r'iving'capextending over the outer end of the shank and connected with theplurality of parts thereof, said drivingcap embracing said partscollectively.

in testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.v

' JGSEPH C. HAASE.

' "Witnesses:

HARRY D, Pnanson, fi iLvrqs.

portion having a seat therein at the bottom

